OSCOMP Abdulgafar Ahmad, nicknamed Cute Abiola, is serving a one-month sentence for mocking the Nigerian Police Force in one of his skits, according to the Nigerian Navy.
By Omotayo Olutekunbi
The comedian has been freed from custody and will serve his ‘mild corrective punishment’ at the cantonment until December 15, 2021.
Commodore Suleman Dahun, a naval spokesman, confirmed the news to Punch, saying the 25-year-old comic was handed a minor sentence of ‘one-month additional service’ following a military tribunal.
“Cute Abiola has been placed on one-month extra duty after he was tried. He will be in charge of cleanship; supervising painting, electricians, carpentry, cutting of grasses, and others. He will be supervising civilians, Dahun said.
“He is no longer under detention. He has been released to move around to serve his punishment.
then, which means he is going to be engaged till December 15. By then, he will be off the extra duty.”
According to a military insider who talked to Punch about the meaning of “additional duty,” the comic will serve as a “Minister of Works in the Barracks” for the duration of the sentence.
Cute Abiola should have known better than to wear police uniforms in his plays, let alone mock the law enforcement agency, according to the source.
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